• Inspector General (IG) Balochistan Mushtaq Sukhera remained safe in the attack.

• No group has claimed responsibility for the attack yet.

ISLAMABAD, May 12 (Xinhua) -- At least six people were killed and 45 got injured in a suicide car attack on Balochistan province 's police chief house in Pakistan's southwest city of Quetta on Sunday night, reported local media Dawn.

Inspector General (IG) Balochistan Mushtaq Sukhera remained safe in the attack, said the report. However, four policemen deployed outside his house were killed and 12 other policemen got injured in the blast.

According to the local media, the attack happened late Sunday night when a suicide bomber rammed his explosive-laden vehicle into the house of Mushtaq Sukhera, razing part of the house to ground.

Sukhera was appointed as IG Balochistan in February following two massive sectarian attacks in the city, which killed and wounded hundreds of people.

The injured people have been shifted to a military hospital in Quetta. Hospital sources said some of the injured were in critical condition and the death toll may further rise.

No group has claimed responsibility for the attack yet.

Both Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari and care-taker Prime Minister Mir Hazar Khan Khoso condemned the attack and directed hospital administration to provide best medical facility to the blast victims.

Prior to the attack, several rockets were reportedly fired in different areas of the city, leaving several people injured.

ISLAMABAD, May 11 (Xinhua) -- At least 32 people were killed and 224 others injured in a number of attacks and violence incidents across Pakistan during the general election day on Saturday, local media reported.

According to local Urdu TV channels, totally 43 violence incidents including bomb blasts, firing and rocket attacks were observed in different parts of the country that killed 32 besides leaving 224 others injured during the 10-hour polling time that ended at 6:00 p.m. (local time). Full story